Sanitary clothes-hamper.



A. H. HAMILTON.

SANITARY CLOTHES HAMPER. APPLICATION FILED Nov. 2s, 1913.

Asbury Patented Mar. 2, 1915.

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"HE NURRIS PETERS CO.; PHOTO-LITHCL. WASHINGTON, D. C.

SANITARY CLOTHES-HAMPER.

Application led November 26, 1913.

T0 all whom it may concern Beit known that ASBURY H. HAMILTON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of Few York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Sanitary Clothes-Hampers,'of which the following is a specification.

rlhe present invention has reference to linen hampers, and it proposes, briefly, an improved receptacle of the general character specified which is so constructed as to provide for the passage of airV into and through its contents, whereby it may be utilized with equal facility either for thestorage of clean linen, or as a repository for soiled linen, and, therefore, commends itself, by reason of itssanitary properties or Qualities, for use in both hospitals and private residences.

More especially, the invention comprehends an improved sanitary hamper comprising a chest or outer case having a portion thereof provided with ventilation openings, and an inner case or receptacle proper which is adapted to directly contain the linen and to be fitted, removably withinthe outer case, this inner case being constructed either wholly or in part, according to its use, of foraminous material, so that a constant circulation of air through its entire contents is insured.

An embodimentof the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, whereof :u

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the above-mentioned chest or outer case of the hamper, with the lid open, and a portion of the front wall broken away; Figs. 2 and 3 are perspective views of the two forms or styles of inner case; and Figs. 4c and 5 are fragmental, longitudinal vertical sectional views showing the cases depicted in Figs. 2 and 3, respectively, disposed within the chest or outer case and the lid of the latter closed.

In said drawing, 1 designates, generally, the aforesaid chest or outer case, and 2 and 3 the two forms or styles of inner case, which latter may be used, either each with a separate outer case, or, if preferred, both with the same ease, as will be hereinafter explained.

The chest or outer case 1 may be constructed of any suitable material, and in any desired shape and size. Preferably,

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 2, 1915.

Serialv No. 803,152.

however, it has the form of an elongated, open-topped rectangular boX, as shown, and is provided with a hinged or swinging lid or cover 4. t may be readily carried from place to place, and is furnished for this purpose with suitable handles 5, which are attached to its ends 6. To provide for the free entrance of air into its interior, its floor or bottom member 7 is of skeleton or frame-like formation, and is faced or backed with a panel or panels 8 of wire gauze, or like foraminous material. as best shown in Fig. 1, the aforesaid bottom member being supported above the floor or ground, to permit access of air thereto, by means of blocks 9, which, in turn, maybe equipped with casters 10.

rEhe inner case, or linen receptacle proper, as previously stated, is designed to be removably fitted within the chest or outer case, and to have either of the forms shown in Figs. 2 and 8, according as it is to receive either clean or soiled linen. ln either instance, the inner case is constructed to some extent of wire-gauze or the like, so as to permit the air entering the chest through the gauze panel or panels 8 to pass from all sides into the inner ease and through its contents. The case 2, represented in Fig. 2 is intended as a storage receptacle for clean linen, and, therefore, does not require as great a quantity of air to circulate through it, as is needed where the soiled-linen receptacle 3, depicted in Fig. 3 is used. Accordingly, the clean-linen case 2, which is likewise in the form of an elongated, opentcpped, rectangular boX, is constructed of wooden panels or members, each of which, with the exception of the bottom panel or floor, is formed with a transverse slot 11, of suitable size and shape, faced or covered with a gauze strip or panel 12 through which the air enters the case when the lid of the chest is closed, as indicated by the arrows in Fig. 4L. rlhis case is supported above the floor 7 of the said chest or outer case by means of suitable blocks 13, here shown as attached to the closed bottom panel of the case. To facilitate lifting of the case into and out of the chest, the former is provided at its upper edges with a continuous, outwardly-extending frange 14, the end portions of which are furnished with loosely-mounted loop-shaped handles 15.

rl'he soiled linen receptacle or case 3, shown in Fig. 3, 1s somewhat similar 1n shape to the case 2, previously described, but is constructed entirely of wire gauze, and is designed to rest directly upon the iioor of the outer case. Lilie case 2, it is provided with a continuous marginal flange 16 at its top, which flange, in turn, is furnished with swinging handles 17. In use, either of the two inner cases may be conformably iitted in the outer case or chest, and the linen deposited therein, or each of the former cases may be used with a separate outer case or chest, accordingly as may be desired, and in one instance such inner case may act as a permanent storage receptacle, while in the other instance it may be removed, when lled, and transported to the laundry. 1n both instances, however', the linen in the inner case, whether clean or soiled, is constantly ventilated by the passage of air therethrough, and the lid of the outer case or chest may thus be lrept closed without in any way inipairing the air circulation, a matter of considerable impoi-tance where the hamper is used as a receptacle for soiled linen. Moreover, the ease with which the inner cases may be lifted out of and into the outer case enables the latter to be readily and thoroughly cleaned, while the construction of the said inner cases themselves is Such as to permit them to be cleaned throughout, so that the entire hamper may, therefore, be kept in a perfectly sanitary condition.

Wvhat claim as my invention 1. in combination, a portable case having imperforate side and end walls and a bottom provided with a Ventilating screened opening, a clothes receptacle adapted tf lit in the case and provided with a scre ned Ventilating wall, and an iinperforate cover for the case.

2. ln combination, a case having imperforate side walls and a Ventilating screened bottom, means for supporting the bottom out of contact with the floor, a receptacle provided with a bottom and side walls of foramineus material and disposed in the case and spaced from the side walls thereof, and an imperorate cover for the case.

ln testimony whereof l have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ASBURY H. HAMLTON. Tvl/'itnesses l/VM. P. PEDRICK, Jr., FRANK HOLBERT.

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